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My telegram No. 6547, paragraph 1: Jewish illegal
inmipr ation.
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ATR.83, a8 stated in paragraph 2 ef your telegrem No.12054,
and not ATR. 84. |
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Your telegram 10,1315, Ie.
Jewish illecal timisration,
Ufficial of the American legatvion here, who
-had asked iendall to call, con’identially informed
nin that the State Department was most interested in
cases of the Pan Crescent and the ran-York,
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je ‘the United States ,ofticial then asked whether
the withdrewal of [éruy“tihdec] trom amcrican ofvicers
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in this trade but was reluctant to make concrete
proposals or divilge the steps decided upon to attain
this end.
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Foreign Office please reneat to vashington,
Jerusalem and United tingdom Delevation iiecw xork as
my telepra's ios, 151, 68 and 9 respectively.
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DEPART:ENTAL NO.1_
No. 1542 De 9650 pom. 24th November, 1947
24th November, 1947
Repeated to United Kingdom Delegation to
United Nations New York No.290 Saving
dashington No.12127
Jerusalem (Saving)
Lip ORTANT
CONFIDENTIAL
Addressed Bucharest telegram No.1342 November 24th
repeated for information Washington and saving te
United Kingdom Delegation to United Ns tions New York
and Jerusalea. :
Your telegraa No.1381 [of 20th November:
Jewish illegal immigration].
If United States Legation were to infors
Auerican efficers and crew ef "Pan York" and "Pan
Crescent" that their certificates would be withdravn
if they sailed their ships te Palestine with Jewish
illegal iwaigrants on'beard, this aight have very
valuable deterrent effect. ‘To withdraw them now,
hewever, weuld prebably enly wake individuals
cencerned desperate.
2. Attitude ef United States Legation is very
helpful and I hepe yeu will be able te held thea to
taking actien en these lines.
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BritisH CONSULATE-GENERAL Ss
New York 4.
November 17, 1947.
CONFIDENTIAL j ‘
Forwardeg pithy.
Compliments of the British Consul General
at New York
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Foreign Office,
London, S.W.1.
i saw my Panasanian collezgue today,
ana had some conversation with hia about the
Ships in Constanza. He tells me that some weeks
ago he wrote enquiring 2s to the intentions of
the operators of these two Ships, folicwing up
a couple of weeks ago with « letter consicerably
more severe in tone, and warning thet the regis-
tration of these vessels would unquestionably be
canceliec by his Gowernnent if they were used
fcr the purpose ef carrying illegal immigrants
to Pseiestine. To the last letter he has had no
reply. is cerrespondenece has not been with the
New Yoru Agents, of whom he professed to know
nothing, but with the Lawyers representing the
owners, Mecsrs. Foley & Statt, of 80 Broad Street,
his contact there being dr. Milton James. I know
cote aothing of this firm, but I an having enquiries:
Aree re made in the hope of finding out something about
: | them and the Jewish interests whom they represent,
ile mentioned thet aceoruing to isforzation which
haa appeared in the press (but which I had not
seen) bluse the "Pan Crescent” had been severely
danéged at her moorings in the Rumanian port.
NOO NO?
I pointed out that frox our point of
view there wes no use in weiting for an actual
incident to occur for the cancellation of rezgis-
tretion of the ships; it would then be toc late
and the camage which we were seexing te prevent
wOQulc have cecurred. He therefcre promised to
follow the mutter up fairly soon, and to let me
“now what developments ensued. I an not by any meens
certain that without considerable prodcing he
will be as energetic in his actions as we Kould |
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delays for long enough for the ships to escape.
He professed to know nothing of the
"Colonel Frederick C. Johnson" in Norfolk, and
summoned the Vice Consul to ask whether he had
had any correspondence or information about this
ship, or its reputed owner. The Vice Consul
clearly knew nothing, and both he and the Consul
General assured me that while it was not certain
that application for Panamanian registry for the
Johnson would be made through the New York
Consulate General, it was more than likely, and
they undertook to let me know if any application
wes made.
The Consul General, Sr. Rogelio Fabrega,
has only comparatively recently arrived in New
York. While he was friendly and reasonably forth-
coming, I cannot say that he was enthusiastic in
his reception of me or in his response. I inagine
that he will require considerable stimulation from
Panama before taking positiwe action which, at the
best, is likely tc be no nore than 4 recommendation
to his Government, depending on the reply which he
receives from Foley & Statt for cancellation.
I am sending copies of this letter to
Chancery, Panama, and to North American Department.
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DMEDIATI.
Your telegram No. 39,
Authorities here confirm the Costa Rican regist
of tug Gloria but cannot trace second vessel under either |
of the names given which read Atrirn in ou telegran
No. 58 and Torirn in your telegram No. 39, Itis just
ossible that registration documents of second vessel
ve not yet reached Costa Rica.
29. I fear Costa Rican Government will not be
eet to take action on suspension only though they
might be ad pipe to delay registration of second vessel
if the formalities have in fact not yet been completed.
5. Foreign Office please pass to ‘/ashington.
[Repeated to Washington].
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RL 3.35 a.m, 26th November, 1947
35th November, 1947.
ated to San Jose (Costa Rica)
Addressed Foreign Office No, Sod
repeated San Jose (Gosta Rica) and Saving Jerusalen.
ity telegram No, 6600: j illegal immigration, one ae |
A SS SE State Department inform us that Gloria and A.T.R. 33
| | OEE OO as are being watched by coast guard. Gloria's papers were
ae Je ONE BS SEES handled in San Jose by Senor Estados of Costa Rican
We ee Department of Trade and Commerce and show that her crew ee Bee |
ee re consists of three Greeks, one Pole, one Spaniard, two : | ee AS
British, six Portugese, two Belgians, one Italian and one , Pee
American, She is to tow A.T.R. 83, She has sixteen :
ote | hundred barrels of oil on board, and was granted clearance
ee ee for Lisbon on October 28th but returned with engine trouble.
eh aes 3 Ships have been fined one thousand dollars each for failing
a He to report return and offered to put up bom, but Customs
. a ee refused to accept this (presumably to delay matters), and
me an attorney intends to visit State Department this after-
: noon with threat to demand damages for delay, We have
ee ae therefore asked Costa Rican Ambassador to request State
: Re ee Department to obtain ships papers for his scrutiny at once
Coe oe so that State Department may be able to inform attorney
: that matter is in Ambassador's hands and tous meet this
awkward situation, He has agreed to do this in order to
give us and State Department a little more time,
2, Costa Rican Ambassador says that Costa Rican
Oe Sale Consul General in New York has informed him that Gloria
. Ry Re ght by Athanasiog, care Maritime Trade Corporation,
Pe ae, Pes 44, Whitehall Street, New York, on se tember 9th, and was
granted provisicnal Gosta Rican registry on September 29th
or six months,
| ieee ae 3. It seems clear that State Department will not be
Po A ae able to delay matters much longer, amd Costa Rican
Sg OE SO Ambassador who has telegraphed to his Government and now
eae HANS se cants a note from us feels that question should be cleared
up as rapidly as possible, Preferably in San Jose (see
my telegram No. 6547 paragraph 3). I should therefore
be grateful for your urgent instructions and for further
ammunition should you wish me to press for continued delay.
Foreign Office please pass Immediate to San Jose and
Saving to Jerusalem as my telegrams Nos. 8 and 5 resvect-
: ee i oe ively.
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Repeated San Jesé and Saving te Jerusalem,
DUCED I ATES,
CONFIDENTIAL.
Se ving €o°F8Piseiee, "°- 6647 25/11, repeated San Jesé and
y telegram No, 6644; Jewish illegal immigration,
Gosta Rican Ambassador has now seen attorney for
"Gloria" and ATR 83, whe says that only former has
Costa Rican registry and thst both vessels are te be
used for salvaging sunken vessels off the coast of
Pertugal, Atterney stated that delay was
endangering centract fer 20,000 dellars and that
large sum was having te be paid for each day's
continued detention in Charleston,
2, Cesta Rican Ambassader therefere requested |
urgent decisien sinee he theught papers were in erder,
He was infermed that we had suggested te you that
matter sheuld be taken up quic Y oy cre Bajeaty S
Minister at San Jesé, e said that he was
uncertain whether Costa Riean law permitted
cancellation ef registry in the event that
suspiciens were well feunded, snd while fully
prepared te ce-eperate, stressed epain lesses
eee were being incurred by pessibly innoeent
ships,
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San Jesé and Saving te Jerusalem as ny telegrans
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immigration.
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Ne. 6674 D. 8 51 Dem. 26th November, 1947,
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Addressed Fereign Offiee Ne. 6674 26th Nevenber;
repeated te San José and Saving te Jerusalen.
My telecram Ne. 6647: Jewish illegal inmigratien.
Athenassieu, having apparently realised whe was applying
pressure, visited Embassy tedsy and Stated that enly centraet
he pessessed was enc fren ewner ef A.T.R.83 (named acc erd lng
te him Midakis) fer tewing her te Lisben. He said that he
heped te set up tewing business in Lisben fer eperatien ef
Gleria in Mediterranean on his behalf by Seme ether Captain
and that A.T.R. 83, after repairs in Lisben fer egenemy's sake,
aight be similarly empleyed. He himself was Captain ef the
Gleria.
2. He Said that if he did net sail at ence Ship weuld be
attached in Charlesten fer nen-payment fer repairs whieh
smeunted te seme fifty theusand dellars, and it appeared fren
Whet he said thet he might even try te Slip eut te aveid
paying bill fer which it appears he may have insufficient
funds. He velunteered that he had been in Gentact with
Elisdes in Sweden, but asserted that he had enlyhelped te
repair eertain vessels ewned by Eliades ond had ne knewledge
ef their ultimate purpese. Hedid net make a very goed
lmpressien.
de In the eircumstanees there appears te be ne peint in
esking fer eentraet; since it weuld*bewnlikely te give us any
eriterien fer nueking a deeisien. Mereever, if enterprise
were innecent, attachnent ef Ship might render us liable te
sult and weuld alse embarrass United States Gevernment in view
ef feet that Gleria already has Cesta Rieasn registry. This
Weula be mest regrettable, in sbsenee ef reasenably substantial
ese, in view ef State Department's genuine ce-eperatien at the
present time. 4 further censideratien is that Ceste Riean
Ambsssedor has infermed us thet Cesta Riean lew weuld net permit
Gleria’s registry te be eaneelled witheut firm preef ef illegal
activities and thet he eeuld therefere net take respensibility
ef agreeing te mere than very shert further delay.
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bility that Athenasieu may try te slip away witheut paying fer
repairs, se that they may be in a pesitien te pretect |
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further delaying setien here, but suggest that His Majesty's
émbassader in Lisben be infermed of the faets, in erder that
he may be in a pesitien te request the assistance ef the
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light there. cencerning the future setivities ef these ships.
Fereign Office please pass Impertent te San Jesé
and Seving te Jerusalem as my telegrams Nes. 7 and
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FROM FORBIGN OFFICE TO WASHINGTON
No, 12348
29th November, 1927. D. 5. 05 pom, 29th Novembe., 1947
Repeated to San José No, 48
Jerusalem (Saving)
LiiP ORTANT
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Addressed Washington telegram No. 12348 November
oth repeated for information to San José and saving to
Jerusalen,
Your telegram No, 667% [of 26th November] Jewish
illegal immigration,
We agree that circumstances do not warrant further
pressure on Costa Rican Ambassador to detain "Gloria",
A debt of 50,000 dollars to United States citizens would
however, appear to be a good pretext for déiaying this
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BRITISH EMBASSY,
WASHINGTON 8, D..C.
20th November 1947
Ref: G124/-/47
SECRET
Dear Department,
In our telegrams Nos.6085 and 6451 (para 4)
we mentioned the warning which ir. Marshall has given
to certain Jewish leaders about illegal immigration
into Palestine.
Qe News of this has apparently leaked out.
A correspondent of "Newsweek" named Weintal, when
talking recently to a member of the Embassy staff,
spontaneously referred to what he described as the
sensational success of Mr. Bevin's message on the
subject. According to his information, the State
Department were determined to prevent the PAN YORK
and PAN CRESCENT from sailing. When he was asked how
the State Department proposed to achieve this, he
replied that Mr. Marshall had sent for Jewish leaders
(he mentioned Mr. Shertok) and had said that, unless
the sailings were prevented, he would publicise the
fact that the Jewish Agency was assisting the
immigration of Communists from Soviet-dominated states
into Palestine. Weintal was evidently trying to
verify this "hot" story and went on to say that one
of the disclosures threatened was to the effect that
a large sum of dollars had been paid to Amtorg in
New York for the refitting of ships at Constanza.
This point is new to us put it is of some interest
if true, in the light of the information contained
in our letter to you G124/-/47 of the 23rd October
reporting a conversation between Mr. Loy Henderson
and Mr. Shertok.
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Eastern Department, /the
Foreign Office, |
London, S.W.1.
the head of the Jewish Agency Office in Washington,
has told Bromley that the Agency were trying to
put a brake on- illegal immigration at the moment
"so that the possibility of success on the larger
issue might not be jeopardized by a smaller one",
It seems, therefore, that Mr. Marshall's words may
be bearing some fruit. Epstein said, however, that
if partition were not approved by the United Nations
it might prove impossible to prevent a further large
flow of illegal immigrants, :
_ We are sending a copy of this letter to
the U.K. Delegation at New York and to Jerusalen,
We are also sending to Jerusalem a copy of our
letter to you of 23rd October which they did not
receive at the time, | |
Yours ever,
CHANCERY
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Description of Enclosure.
Name and Date. Subject.
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17th November 1947
Ir thank you for your letter of the 10th
; wousnbex about Jewish illegal immigration into
Palestine, in which you were good enough to inform
me of the steps which are being taken by the United
States authorities regarding the ships PAN CRESCENT,
and also regarding
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the question of tax exemption for certain Zionist
organisations, I have telegraphed this information -
to Mr, Bevin, who will, I know, be grateful, not only
for the practical steps which you are taking, but
also for the warning. which you have given to certain
- Jewish leaders in this country.
At the same time, I feel bound to bring
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to your attention the enclosed advertisement by
the American League for a Free Palestine which
appeared in the newspaper "P.M. " of November 17th.
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The Honourable
George C. Mar shall
Secretary of State of the United States,
Washington, D.C.
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Apart from the tendentious and offensive remarks
about the British attitude in India and the "murder
in cold Bigoali ee coreatn Jews (who were in fact.
heavily armed with automatic weapons, with which
they fought) , the whole tone of the advertisement
appears to me to be an open incitement to violence.
Se The advertisement states that the British
will not leave patesbine: by August 1948 unless they
are forced to. "Let's give them a push and make it
January instead of August", A little later it says
that it is Hebrew fighting men who will defend and
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finally liberate Palestine. This fight "needs your ©
help", An appeal for funds for the fight is then
- made and it is once more stated on the contribution
‘form that, by a ruling of the Treasury Department,
contributions to the American League for a Free
Palestine are tax exempt. The conclusion to be
drawn by those who read this appeal seem to me to
be clear, namely that the terrorists in Palestine,
with the aid of funds from United States sources,
will be enabled to pursue their campaign of violence
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may be driven out in the near future by force. I am
sure you will agree that such activities can only
‘greatly complicate a situation already extremely
difficult and that they are.a direct violation of
the resolution passed at the special session of the
United Nations Assembly in the spring, which urged
restraint upon all concerned while the question was _
under consideration.
- I shall of course be glad to transmit to
Mr. Bevin in due course the further information about
the ships which you have been kind enough to promise.
I know that any measures which it may be found
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| Tex British are criminally irresponsible in the manner in
.which they keep announcing their intention to quit
Palestine. | |
They should get out of Palestine at once. Let’s give them
@ push. N ;
We believe partition is an unjust and unworkable plan;
‘we are against it. But leaving that aside, we think that the
way the British snub the UN, the way they snub the whole
world, is outrageous. We believe the British are ridiculing
the UN. . : '
They did so when ey announced in advance last spring
oa they would not abide. by a UN decision unless they
ed it. _ 2 ?
They are doing it again now when they refuse any coopera-
‘tion in a Palestinian settlement.
Like India, Like Palestine
The British could have avoided the horrible bloodshed in
India, but they delight in it. They go around saying “I told -
you so.”
We can prove that the British are deliberately planning a -
similar fate for Palestine. They are doing it ey They
are arming their. mercenary Arab puppets, and Bevin has
announced officially and brazenly that they will continue
to arm them.
They know that these arms are going to Palestine to be
turned against Hebrew men, women and children, but that
is precisely what they want, so that they may be able to
say, “I told you so”; so that they may prove the need for
their continued imperial occupation of Palestine.
We are against partition because the Hebrew people are
against it; because the fighting underground, whose heroism
and sacrifices brought Palestine to the UN, are against it.
We are against the Jewish Agency that gives away 85 per
cent of the Hebrew national territory, and collaborates
shamelessly with the British aggressors.
It was by order of the Jewish Agency that the British were
tipped off about an Underground house so tHat three teen-
age girls and two boys were murdered in cold blood by
“innocent” British soldiers.
It was not a clash with the Underground. It-was a massacre.
Of course the Underground retaliates and ten Englishmen
have paid with their lives, and blood again flows need-
lessly in Palestine.
No More Free Murder
Remember this, Emest Bevin and fellow anti-Semites;
Hebrew blood is no longer cheap. Sure, you can shed it;
but there is a price for it now and it is going’ to remain,
A high price. The extermination days are over. The killing
of Hebrews is being answered in kind.
Remember, anti-Semites of all sorts, wherever you are:
Hebrew blood is equal to any other blood. A Hebrew .
corpse is as sordid a sight as a British corpse. _
The world is learning that the Hebrews are no worse than
" ‘other human beings; they are also no better. They have the
right to be as good and as bad as the world’s other nations.
_ The Hebrews are not a sect, nor a clique, nor a strange
tribe. They are a nation, a normal nation, whose home is
Palestine. They live and fight like any other healthy nation.
As we Americans did (against the British); as the Irish did
(against the British); as the Boers did (against the British),
nae Just as the others won, the Hebrews too are going
o win, |
How soon they win and with how few sacrifices depends
entirely on the support they get from us—it depends on you.
The British say they will quit Palestine in August, 1948.
They will not do it’ unless they are forced to. Let’s make
sure they are. Let’s give them a push and make it Janua
instead of August, for only when the British leave wi
there be. peace in Palestine for all who dwell there—Jews,
Moslems, Christians alike. |
If the British do not leave, all the sacrifices will have been
in vain.
The Fight Put Palestine on the Map
It was the heroism and sacrifices of the Palestine Under-
ground that saved the honor of the Hebrew nation. It was
the tenacity of Hebrew soldiers that made Palestine an
important international problem. It is Hebrew fighting men
who will defend and finally liberate Palestine for all the
Hebrews who wait to go there, and not only for a chosen
few per month. | .
The fight needs your help. Don’t refuse it.
In a desire to help, American Jews this year have. con-
tributed $170,000,000 to “respectable” Jewish organiza-
tions, but that solved nothing; just as the $100,000,000 spent
in 1946 solved nothing. .
It was not the expenditure of these millions that put Pales-.
tine at the top of the UN agenda. It was the persevering
struggle for liberation conducted by the Hebrew Freedom
Movement in Palestine and abroad that forced the issue.
Only its continuation will assure final victory.
But the fight needs your help. It needs money—lots of money.’ Let's give it.
Send you contribution; make it as much as you can.
Get your friends to do the same.
Organize a fund-raising committee. Organize a meeting and call this office for.a
Palestinian speaker. Get in touch with us for further information and so that we
can help you organize and give Palestine the maximum help it needs.
The Hebrews are a brave and noble nation.
dignity of freedom, They are doing fine.
AMERICAN LEAGUE FOR A FREE PALESTINE, INC.
25 WEST 45TH STREET, NEW YORK 19, N. Y.
HON. GUY M. GILLETTE, President
Co-Chairmen
Louis Bromfield e Ben Hecht e¢ -Will Rogers, §. e Harry Louis Selden
Andrew L. Somers e¢ William B. Ziff
They are fighting for life and for the
Let's give them the means to finish the job.
American League for a Free Palestine, Inc.
i 25 West 45th Street, New York 19, N. Y,
Gentlemen:
I gladly subscribe the sum of $
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500 ews Run Blockade of
PM, MONDAY,
Palestine; 794 More Caught
By United Press
JERUSALEM
Five hundred Jewish illegal im-
migrants managed to slip through
the British brockade Saturday night
in a schooner disguised as a fishing
boat, but a group of 794 aboard a
second vessel were intercepted at]
sea and deported to Cyprus. -
_ The ‘refugees beached their craft
just north of the Jewish colony of
Nahariya, five miles south of the
Lebanese border. They waded
ashore at 2 a.m. and were helped.
to escape to Jewish settlements. in
- trucks. provided by the under-
ground army Haganah.
One of the refugees, a 17-year-
old Hungarian boy who was inter-
viewed by the United Press, said
most of the refugees came from
eastern Europe and the remainder
were French-speaking Jews. One
third were women, he said.
The youth said the 50-ton ship,
renamed the Aliya, left Lyons in
southern France on Nov. 6 flying
and these also sped off in different
directions to confuse pursuit if it
materialized.
the Turkish colors. The boat dallied |* No pursuit developed. Under-
near Palestine waters for three days
trying to find a hole in the British
blockade. and finally succeeded.
The second ship, the Kadima,
was intercepted and boarded with-
out opposition.
There was no exact report on the
number of Aliya refugees who man-
aged to land successfully. Jewish
‘underground sources refused to
give the figure. British sources said
the ship carried not more than 200
or 300. Best available estimates
placed the number at close to 500.
(An Associated Press dispatch
placed the number at 185.)
The Hungarian youth said the
landing took 45 minutes. Ten extra
trucks were gathered at Nahariya
in addition to those for the refugees,
pane sources said al] the refugees
ave reached places of safety and
one high British officer conceded
that there was little hope of findin
any now that they were mingle
with the Jewish community.
The successful landing apparent-
ly was made possible by a confu-
sion in signals between the Brit-
ish army and navy. Army and _po-
lice forces entered Nahariya and
attempted to set up a watch in the
high water tower there.
“Three British destroyers ap-
peared, off shore and the troops
left, apparently assured that the
havy. was on watch. Two of the
destroyers were called to intercept
the Kadima, however, and the Aliya
slipped through. | .
Partition Talk Stirs Hostile Feelings
At Arab-Jewish Rotary Club
By Tuomas F, RryNoips
(Copyright, 1947, by The Chicago Sun and
‘The Newspaper PM, Inc.)
| JAFFA
D suet International is
‘t II] probably the last place
ems you would expect to feel
. the cold chill of approach-
ing war and nationalized murder,
but the war chill has crept over
the Jaffa-Tel Aviv Rotary Club.
They told me that this unique
club, where Arabs and Jews meet
on an equal footing as Rotarians,
would be the best place to dispel
the myth that the partition of
Palestine would mean war between
the Arabs and the Jewish commu-
ae Instead, I found there the
inability of Jews and Arabs to find
a basis for undérstanding in the
partition framework, even in a
fraternity such as Rotary. .
A. Jewish Engineer
And Arab Lawyer
By chance, I sat at the table
with the great planner of Tel Aviv,
Jacob Ben Sira, the city engineer
whose dream is coming true with
the growth of Tel Aviv from the
sand dunes 85 years ago to a Ri-
viera of 200,000-odd people today.
A friend of Ben Sira came to sit
with us, Habib Homsa, the most
prominent lawyer of Arab Jaffa,
which borders Tel Aviv. Homsa
is a Christian Arab, with deep
family ties to the Christian Arab
community of Lebanon.
' The Rotary speaker was dis-
cussing the cholera plague in
Egypt, but everyone there was
thinking of the partition debate at
Lake Success and Ben Sira men-
tioned partition.
‘Nothing to Do
But Fight It Out?
That mention brought sparks
flashing in Homsa’s eyes, and the
Arab lawyer launched into a dia-
tribe against both Britain and the
US A - |
“Tell your government,” he said
to me, “that in its generosity to the
| Jews it must stop being generous
- out of the pockets of the Palestine
Arabs and be generous out of its
own pocket.”
Then turning to Ben Sira, his old
friend and fellow Rotarian, Homsa
Said:
“When partition comes there js
nothing more to do but fight it
out, and we shall see who are the
best fighters.” -
Ben Sira, aghast at the outburst,
spoke of the possibility of: friend-
ship and collaboration between the
Jewish and Arab communities in-
side the partitioned states.
But that brought the bitterest
laugh from Homsa, who burst out
again with a diatribe against what
he. said was the stated Jewish
policy to refuse to employ Arab
labor on land in the Jewish settle-
ments. Ben Sira protested that such
prohibitions against the employ-
ment of any outside labor—Jewish
or otherwise—is a calculated move-
ment to put Jews back on the land
to live by the fruits of their own
labor.
‘But Homsa repeated merely:
“When partition comes we shall
fight it out.” : :
Palestine is going to advertise for .
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British Selling Haifa Port Ae
; JERUSALEM bitterness among the Jews who
The British government of are opposed to its sale A ea
they expected to. obtain the land
—valued at $12,000,000—for the
new Jewish state which is bein
discussed at the UN Genera
Assembly. 3
sale part: of the Haifa harbor
area, one of the state’s most
saluable assets. Sale to private
buyers is expected to cause much
“The Real
Ben Sira and Homsa have been |. :
working year after year in good
friendship, sharing bread and salt
over the Rotary Club table.
The Jews claim that there is
no genuine and dangerous irrident-
ism in the Palestine Arab commu-
nity and that partition will not
cause conflict unless the Arabs are
stirred up by influences from out-
side. This Rotary luncheon would
seem to indicate otherwise.
U.S.A. to Insist on
UN Study of Veto
By Rospert MANNING
United Press Correspondent
LAKE SUCCESS
The U. S. A. appeared certain
today of winning its campaign in
the UN General Assembly for a
year-round study aimed at soften-
ing the Big Five veto power in the
UN Security Council.
U. S. Delegate John Foster
Dulles told Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko Satur-
day in a private conference that
the U. S. A. was going to press its
drive in spite of Russia’s vehement
opposition to any tampering with bl
the veto.
Would Leave Veto Only
In Threats to Peace | :
Dulles served notice that the
U, S. A. would ask for elimination
of the veto power in all cases
brought to the Security Council
under the “pacific settlements”
chapter of the UN charter as well
as in the admission of new UN
members. That would leave the
veto in operation only in cases in-
volving actual threats to peace or
aggression — instances in which
sanctions or military Operations
might be required.
In the private meeting Gromyko
was understood to have under-
scored Russia's determination to
keep the veto power as is and to
defy small-country assaults on it.
Plan to Leave Issue
To Little Assembly |
Any alteration of the UN.Char-
ter’s veto. provision would itself be
subject to veto, making impossible
any actual alterations at this time |
whether the Assembly requests |#°
.{them or not. The Western powers
were believed to feel, however,
that concerted pressure might
cause Russia to reduce its recourse
to the veto and perhaps ultimately
to agree to modifications.
Australia and other leaders in
the continual small-nation war on
the veto, it was learned, have
agreed with an American plan to
cut short the General Assembly
veto debate beginning today and
transfer the entire issue to the
newly-established “Little Assem-
y.
Security Council Asked.
To Join in Study
As a second step, the U. S. A.
and an apparently large number
of supporters will request the Se-
curity Council itself to join the “Lit-
tle Assembly” in a 12-months study
of the veto. °
By bringing the Security Council
into the project, it was believed,
the Assembly could overcome the
fact that Russia plans to boycott
the “Little Assembly”-when it be-
gins functioning early in January
as the year-round subsidiary of
the full General Assembly.
Since the two-part proposal to
be introduced in’ the Assembly’s
Political and Security Committee
| this week by the U. S. A. or one
of its supporters will be like all As-
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Your telegrams Nos. 45° and M4,
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who promised to instruct Costa Rican Ambarsador
at Washington to afford us all possible haip-in
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In further conversation Derecktor has stated that
Colonel F.C. Johnson will actually be operated by Dr.Kahn
and his son, Intention is to employ Netherlands
shivving firm as agents on @ commission basis but
negotiations with fotterdamsche Lloyd have not yet taken
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“olland for refitting and he states that negotiatiens
for the allecation of the necessary purchase money on
his part are being carried on threugh his own bar
with the Netherlands bank. He dees
the Twentch Bank
net want the whe le questien te be taken up with the
Netherlands Gevernment because he censiders that this
will cause much further delay but he states that he
is well knewn te lersen, the Gemmercisl Secretary in
iis Majesty's Lmbassy at The Hague, whe ceuld, he
thinks, veuch fer hin.
3. Dereckter states as preef ef innecence that
there weuld be ne prespect ef release ef guilders fer
the ship if Netherlands Gevernaent were in deubt as te
its future use and that Kahn would not have been allowed
dollars for his trig if he were not a respectable
eitizen concerned ina respectable deal.
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His liajesty's Embass
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Kahn's bona fides but, as mentioned above, Kahn, W
returning to Holland next week, was strongly of the
opinion e such as
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Yeur telegram Ne: 6724 [ef 29th Nevember] Jewish
Illegal Immigration.
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isidere Kahn, whe ewns cinemas in Helland, but has had
he previous cennexien with shipping. His sen was in the
Netherlands Navy during the war and is new cenrected with
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Emersen censiders Kahn reputable, but weuld net ge se far
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transaction excludes all risk ef ship being intended fer
Jewish Illegal Immigration. He further infermed us that
Kahn has funds ef his ewn in the United States of America,
which he has recently visited several times. Dereckter's
argument in paragraph 5 ef vyeur telegram under reference,
has, therefere, little ferce.
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under the Panamamian flag areuses suspiciens which are net
allayed by the vague and conflicting acceunts beth have
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evidence that this Ship will be employed in legitimate
trade and wtil His Majesty's Embassy at The Hague
have had time te make further enquiries abeut Kahn, I
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Jewish illegal immigration, His Majesty's
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Sir V, Mallet. D. 142 pom 28th November,
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98th November, 1947.
Your telegram !
Jewish Illegal Immigration,
Italian Government have been warned recently about
all the ships mentioned in your paragraph 2. |
2. On instructions in your telegram No, 1665 they
were informed in a note delivered to Count Zoppi that
certain ships including San Leonardo, Rondine and Yilderan
were strongly suspected and were pressed to take prompt
and effective action to prevent their departure (see my
telegram No.1941). As regards *"Yilderan" P ease also refer
to telegram 2095. The Turkish Embassy haye since |_|.
confirmed that they have approached b sie the Italian
guthorities and say that they expect at action will be
taken to detain this ship.
5. we have also informed the Italian Governnent
that the "St. Moritz" is particularly suspected and have
pressed for her detention.
4, Since, as you are aware, the Italian Government
have been very reluctant to detain ships except on what they
consider legal grounds and the co-operation we can
expect from them in this matter is imited, our practice
has been to reserve our fire and unless specifically
instructed by you to press them for action in particular
places where ships are of considerable size or where our
exverts are reasonably certain that they intend after
sailing to pick up immigrants on the trip they are making.
5. fn the case of Rafacluccia information in your
telegram No.2 40 was not confirmed by events and we had
received no information that this ship was especially
dangerous.
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State Department inferas us that Gleria and Atr 85,
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Our attention has recently been drawn to two
ocean-going tugs, the "Gloria" and the ATR 83,
| whose particulars are contained in the fortnightly
| list of suspect shipping. Their owner and London
agent are both connected with Eliadis, who has
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NO. 1452 ~ De 9.53 aete December 4th, 1947.
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Addressed to Foreign
December 4th repeated Washington.
Your telegram No. 1542.
Illegal Jewish Sawigrotiona.
Official of United States Legation called on Kendall
yesterday to en = about departures of s.s. Pan Yerk
and Pan Crescen He said the Ler p» undec. ?State
TL pte le were now showing great interest im the illegal
Jewish immigration traffic.
2 From eenversation with Kendall gather that.
erp. undec. ?State Devarpaent ] had reise eereng objection
nited States uate er s suggestion that certifieates
should be withdrewn from American members ef the crews of
these ships ewing te the eutery it weuld cause in the
Spyies States. ‘The arp. undec. State Department] was
bvieusly anxieus te thing it ceuld te assist that
would net make it the ine iate target ef unwelceme attack.
5S. United States nde was evidently anxieus te
have eny available evidence ef Seviet pe pation in
this traffic and specially in gta | len ef Seviet agents
amengst the immigrants. He was su lied verbally and in
geperal terms with such evidence as I pessess en this
peint witheut ef ceurse disclesing the seurees.
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th December, 1947, R: 10,30 a.m 4th December, 1947,
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spite of representations reported in Ward's |
despatch No. 441, was not detained in Spezia with |
the result that she was subsequently able to embark
illegal immigrants from North Africa and later again
from Sardinia,
9, We have also taken the opportunity to urge
thet this ship's Italian registration should be
cancelled as Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us
last July would be done in the case of Italian ships
found engaging in illegal traffic (see Sir Noel
Charles despatch No. 357.). ,_ /
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her registration may be cancelled which would give then
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FROM WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN OFFICE,
Lord Inverchapel.
No, 6809, D. 2.98 a.m 5th November 1947,
4th December 1947, R. 8.5 a.m. Sth November 1947.
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CONFIDENTTAL, nnn annoetener- ate
| ddressed to Foreign Office No, 6809 of
4th December, repeated to ‘The Hague and Saving to
Consul General New York and Panama,
Your telegram No,12446; Jewish Illegal
Immigration. So ,
Derecktor states that negotiations are
proceeding with Rotterdam Lloyd about an agency for the
olonel F.C, Johnson, His present intention is to
operate her primarily as a passenger ship between
Netherlands and French post s, though the scope of
her activities might later be enlarged, if business
warrants it. She is, he says, to carry about 500
tons of general cargo and about 500 passengers,
2, He states that refitting, to be done in Holland,
Will consist of the installation ef stanchions and
the partitioning ef the former third cless space in
order to previde mere comfertable passenger
accommodation, . Previsien Will alse be made fer a
large dining reem and a leunge and fer suitable deck
space fer passengers, |
S. He infermed us that Kahn had returned te
Helland end Was gein s te take up with the Netherlands
Gevernment this "British interference with a
Netherlands’ citizen". If Kahn dees se, it may
finally be pessible te explain the pesitien te the
Netherlands Gevernment and perhaps ebtain assurance
as te the preper use ef the vessel,
4, State Department have lent us affidavits
swern by Dereckter and Kahn, cepies ef which fellew
by bag. In this, Dereckter states that "as an American
citizen I have every desire, and I hereby furnish
persenal assurance, that the eperatien ef this vessel
Will be cenducted in the mest cerrect and legal manner
and will net be centrary te the interests ef any
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information to be obtained here which would
serve to prove the. innocence of this enterprise,
beyond the affidavits which from your telegram
No,13200, I see you do not considex to be
sufficient in themselves, We can only obtain
Derecktor’s own account of his intentions, which
he will not be able to substantiate in my reall:
effective manner. If the Netherlands Government
have en indirect interest in the transaction because of the
receipts which the vessel will earn, it would seem that
they should be prepared in their om interests, to
ensure that she dees not engage in Ai legat
enterprises and so run a very serious risk of
confiscation,
6. State Department say that there has been
no change in thelr per ey ef scrutini sing
such cases carefully, end that it will take a iittle
time for those cencerned to censider the
affidavits, They may even wish te consult
Mr, Marshall, who has taken a personal interest
in this case, The implication was that they
would not (repeat net) release ship in the
immediate future.
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FROM WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN OFFICE
Lord Inverchepel D. 10.42 p.m. 5th December, 1947 —
No. 6854
Re 4.00 aem. 6th December, 1947.
5th December, 1947
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IMPORTANT ie eaten
CONFIDENTIAL
legal immigration to Palestine DEG }
State Department inform us that pplicat ton has
been received from the Inter-American Steamship Company
by the Maritime Comission for the purchase and transfer
to Panamanian registry of LST-1061 and they have asked
us whether we have any objection from the alestine
of {sie ] po nt of view. The application Was presented
by James E. Fox of the company, homas A. Farrell, Attorney,
and £.A. Burrows consulting engineering, all American
ditizens. The company is American. 58 atedintention
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company hers, but I should be rateful for your own views
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Dear Department, Va Reps Ral
In our telegram No.5942 of the 25th
October about Jewish illegal immigration we reported
that H.M. Consul at Norfolk was trying to obtain
photographs of the COL. F.C. JOHNSON. He has now
obtained these photographs, which are enclosed herein,
together with the negatives.
lst December 1947
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~ Sth December 1947
Dear Department,
Ve enclose herein copies of the affidavits
sworn by Samuel Derecktor, owner of the COL. F.C.
JOHNSON, and by Dr. Kahn and his son, as promised
in para 4 of our telegram No.6809 of the 4th "
December about Jewish illegal er _
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Foreign Office,
London, 8.W.1.
STATE OF NEW YORK
COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) SS:
SAMUEL DERECKTOR, being duly sworn, deposes and
T reside at 95 Lord Kitchener Rd., New Rochelle, N.Y. ™
I have a place of business at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York
City, N.Y,
On the 20th day of May, 1947, the United States
iiaritime Commission by telegram, accepted my bid for the
purchase of the SS Col. Frederick ¢c, Johnson (formerly the
oS DeWitt Clinton) and on the 10th day of June, 1947, a
bill of sale executed by the United States Miaritime
Commission, as agent for the United States of America, trans-
ferring title to the gs Col. Frederick C. Johnson was
delivered to me. The United States Maritime Commission
offered said vessel for sale upon invitation for bids
#PD-X-322, Paragraph 8 of said invitation for bids
contained the following statement:
"8. Transfer of age
The Commission will
vessel to forej gistry, and flag,
isions of the Shipping
Act, 1916, d, provided the transfer is
made effective within (6) six months from the date
of award and provided, further, the transferee, in
the determination of the Commission, is not an alien
country, or a national or nationals thereof prohibited
by the Government of the United States from engaging
in commercial transactions with the United States, and
its citizens or anyone acting on behalf or in the
interest thereof. The applicant shall submit such
evidence as the Commission Shall deem necessary in
connection with such application for transfer."
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Following the purchase of this vessel, I discovered
that it was not suitable ‘or trading under the American Flag
because the vessel did not comply with the provisions of the
Fire Statute. In order to meet such compliance, it would be
necessary to expend a huge sum of money and it became apparent
to me that such expenditure would not be Justified since the
vessel could thereafter be used only in coastal trading. I
thereupon decided to transfer the vessel for operation under
the Panama Flag and I caused a corporation known as Brownsam
Company, Inc., to be organized under the laws of the Republic
of Panama. This company has been completely organized and
I am the President and Director of said company. I desire
to transfer the said vessel to Brownsam Company, Inc. in
exchange for all of the capital stock of that company and to
operate the said vessel under Panamanian Registry and Flag,
I have, accordingly, submitted an application for approval >
for such transfer to the United States Maritime Commission,
which application is now pending before that government agency.
It was my intention, upon learning that said vessel's
usefulness was very limited and that it would require the ex-
penditure of huge sums of money to place the vessel in
serviceable and sea worthy condition, to negotiate for the
sale of said vessel, I commenced negotiations for the sale
of the said vessel to the Dutch Government through Mr. Hans
Kahn, a Dutch national, Mr. Kahn presented my offer for the
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sale of the said vessel to the Director-General of Shipping,
Netherlands Ministry of Traffic, and said offer was turned
down by letter of the said Director-General to Mr. Kahn
dated October 13, 1947. Thereafter, Dr. I. Kahn, father
of the said Mr. Hans Kahn, started to negotiate with me
directly for the purpose of making an arrangement under which
the vessel would be operated in Burope. I cabled Mr. Hans
Kahn offering to him and his father, Dr. I. Kahn, an equal
participation in a partnership for the operation of said
vessel, The affidavit of Mr. Hans Kahn reflecting his
participation in the negotiations involving said vessel is
annexed hereto and fully sets forth the facts relating to
the contemplated use of said vessel.
I have been negotiating with Dr. I. Kahn and Mr.
Hans Kahn for the last four weeks and have reached an agree-
nent with them under which they will own an equal interest
with me in a company which will charter the SS Col. Frederick
C. Johnson from Brownsam Company, Inc., and will operate the
same for our mutual benefit. I understand that the capital
which the Messrs. Kahn will contribute to the operating
company will be approximately 267,000 free Dutch guilders
which, of course, is subject to the approval of the Government
of the Kingdom of Netherlands.
Dr. Kahn has advised me that Mr. Van Riet of the
Rotterdam Lloyd Line has requested him to permit it to act
as agent for any vessels in which he may be interested, and
that upon the consummation-ef. this transaction, the Rotterdam
uioyd Line will be designated as agent for the operation of
this vessel, It is contemplated that Mr. Hans Kahn will be
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Managing Director of the operating company following the
completion of this transaction.
I should like to indicate that Dr. I. Kahn is a
director of the N.V. Hobimy, and of the Verenigde Theaters
in Holland, two very substantial business enterprises. He is
very well known to Mr. J.F. Van Hengel, who is a representative
of the Netherlands Ministry of Traffic, and his credentials
are on file with the Dutch Embassy in Washington, D.C. His
integrity and general reputation are of the highest character,
Mr. Hans Kahn has had considerable experience in shipping
matters.
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It is intended that, upon the completion of this
transaction, this vessel will be taken to Holland where it
will be refitted and repaired and then put in service for
the carriage of passengers and cargo between Rotterdam,
European Atlantic ports and the Mediterranean Sea. It has
been suggested that the contemplated operations may involve
the transportation of passengers and/or cargo which may be
contrary to interests of certain foreign sovernments. Such
insinuation is false and baseless and is contrary to the
interests of Dr. Kahn, Mr. Hans Kahn and myself. As an
American citizen, I have every desire and I hereby furnish
personal assurance that the operations of this vessel will
be conducted in the most correct and legal manner, and will
not be contrary to the interest of any foreign government.
The expenditures which I have already made in this
country in connection with the contemplated use of this vessel
will approximate $100,000.00 and the expenditures which will.
be made for the repairing of the vessel in Holland will also
amount to a considerable figure. I have entered into this
venture with individuals of unquestioned reputation and
reliability and have made far-reaching plans for the operation
of this vessel. These facts bear eloquent testimony to the
undeniable point that the vessel will clearly be operated
in a legitimate trade.
Sworn to before me this
26th day of November, 1947.
ANDREW J. ARBUCKLE
Notary Public in the State of New York
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK ) SS:
HANS KAHN, being duly sworn, deposes and sayss
T am a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
IT am the son of Dr. I. Kahn who is furnishing an affidavit
in connection with the S.S. Col. Frederick GC, Johnson.
I am visiting the United States at the present time in
connection with negotiations for the use of the 85 Col.
Frederick C. Johnson as a passenger and cargo vessel in the
European~Atlantic and Mediterranean trade. Mr. Samuel
Derecktor requested me to communicate with my Government
for the purpose of ascertaining whether my Government was
interested in purchasing the SS Col. Frederick C. Johnson.
I presented Mr. Derecktor's offer to the Director-General of
Shipping, Netherlands Ministry of Traffic and on October 13,
1947, I received a letter from the Director-General advising
me that the Dutch Government was not interested in the purchase
of said vessels My father, Dr. I. Kahn, then commenced
negotiations with Mr. Derecktor for the purpose of concluding
an arrangement under which this vessel would be used in
EBEuropean-Atlantic and Mediterranean operations, Mr. Derecktor
cabled to me offering to create a partnership with me and
my father upon certain terms, the investmént on our part to
be approximately 267,000 free Dutch guilders, which
investment was, of course, to be subject to the approval of
the Royal Dutch Government. I attach a copy of Mr. Derecktor's
cable to me and mark it "Exhibit 1," and a copy of my cabled
reply marked "Exhibit 2". Upon the receipt of this cable,
I went to the acting Director-General of Shipping, Netherlands
Ministry of Traffic in Holland, Upon exhibiting this cable to
him, he stated that he would make funds available for me to
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come to the United States for the purpose of negotiating
the transaction with Mr. Derecktor. I immediately cabled Mr.
Derecktor that his offer was accepted and that I would arrive
in the United States on October 28th to negotiate further
with him. I arrived on that date and my father and I have
been negotiating with Mr. Derecktor since that date.
IT examined the affidavit of Mr. Samuel Derecktor
sworn to the 26th day of November, 1947, and confirm and
adopt all of the statements contained in said affidavit
which are ascribed to me and my father involving the
SS Col. Frederick C. Johnson. I join in the assurance given
by Mr. Derecktor as to the intended use of this vessel. It
is respectfully requested that the application of Mr,
Derecktor now pending before the United States Maritime
Commission for approval to transfer the said SS Col. Frederick
C,. Johnson to Panama Registry and Flag, be approved.
Sworn to before me this
26th day of November, 1947. HANS KAHN
ANDREW J. ARBUCKLE
Notary Public in the State of New York
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OFFER SS JOHNSON PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU TO ORGANIZE SHIPPING ©
COMPANY STOP I INVEST JOYNSON PRICE 200,000 BOLLARS YOU
WILL OWN HALF COMPANY WHEN 200,000 RETURNED T0 ME FROM
FIRST EARNINGS STOP YOU MUST INVEST THE EQUIVALENT OF
100,000 DOLLARS IN FREE DUTCH GUILDERS FOR COMPANYS CAPITAL
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )_ ss:
Dr. I. KAHN, being dulyaworn, deposes and says:
I am a citizen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
and I am a director of the N.V. Hobimy and the Verenigde
Theaters in Holland, two very substantial business enterprises.
I am intimately familiar with Mr. J.P. Van Hengel,
who is a representative of the Netherlands Ministry of
Traffic, and I know that he is in a position to furnish any
information with respect to my reputation, honesty, integrity
and character. My credentials are also on file with the
Dutch Embassy in Washington, D.C.
I have examined the affidavit of Mr. Samuel
Derecktor sworn to the 26th day of November, 1947, and confirm,
approve and adopt all of the statements made therein with
respect to the negotiations ascribed to me and my son,
Hans Kahn, involving the SS Col. Frederick C. Johnson. I
join in the assurance given by Mr. Derecktor as to the
intended use of this vessel.
It is earnestly requested that the application of
WOONOT “391440 GYODSY 21 1ENd 3HL 40 LHD IAd09
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Mr. Samuel Derecktor for approval to trensfer the 55 Col.
Frederick C. Johnson to Brownsam Company, Inc., be approved
as promptly as possible.
Sworn to before me this (sgda) DR. I, KAHN
26th day of November, 1947.
(sgd) ANDREW J. ARBUCKLE
Notary Public in the State of
New York, etc.
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